GTA4

By now, any of you that care will know that RockStar released a teaser trailer for GTA4 tonight at 6PM. Any that are still in the dark should go here and partake of it. It's been a couple hours, and most places have posted their thoughts on the matter already, but now it's my turn.

The trailer runs for about a minute, and doesn't really include much plot. One thing that is obvious from it is that the character this time around is some sort of Russian smuggler/slave trader that has come to Liberty City for a second chance.

Yes, it takes place in Liberty City, at least according to the signs. If you pause the video at the right time, you can clearly see a sign that clearly says "Welcome to Liberty City". The confusion starts when you consider the timeline that this game takes place in.

Considering the look of the city, it seems like a more accurate representation of New York City. There are things like the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty, along with some very detailed coastline that could fit a New York atmosphere.

Here are my thoughts. If we are to believe that this is the Liberty City of past games, where have all these new buildings come from, or where have they gone. Assuming this is the same universe as the other games, it also shows a Ferry Station, which exists in Liberty City Stories, but is replaced by an underwater tunnel in GTA3. Either it takes place before the other Liberty City games, or they've brought back the ferry station. The cars look too new for the setting to be placed too far in the past, and if they've already got a tunnel, why would they make another ferry station?

However, I'm having a thought. RockStar are no fools, and they wouldn't make a trailer like that without a reason. I have an incling that this may be some sort of April Fools prank, where they release a trailer, and two days later they say "April Fools, here's the real trailer." It seems like something they might do. There are too many ideas running through my head, and for now I just have to leave them alone, and see how everything plays out in the next few days.

Gilmorne Out.